On August 14, director Bobby Bonifacio Jr confirmed that Hollywood films, Midsommar and Mother, inspired some of the scenes in ‘Kahalili.’
At the special screening event for ‘Kahalili,’ which LionhearTV covered, Bonifacio remarked how some cult-related scenes in the upcoming Vivamax film had Hollywood inspirations.
“Honest naman tayo diyan, Midsommar and Mother.”
He then discussed the challenges he encountered filming the ‘orgy scenes’ in the upcoming Vivamax psychological horror.
“Opo kasi ang goal po namin talaga, pag sa love scenes dalawang take lang tsaka ano. Medyo nahirapan rin noong una, kasi ayun nga po ang dami-dami po nila, so kailangan ma-register sa isip nila kung anong kailangan gawin. So parang isang malakihang correction at usap na matindi sa kanila para ma-execute ng tama dahil pa-umaga na po noon.”
He also noted the amount of time involved in completing the whole sequence.
“Siguro ang pinaka-challenging po ay ‘yung orgy talaga. Kasi po, number one po, puyat na po kami noong time na ‘yun na ginagawa namin. And ayun nga po, para mabigyan ng direksyon ‘yung ganong karaming tao in the fastest way possible, medyo nakaka-tense na rin po talaga.”
As for doing sexy-horror-genre, Bonifacio explained that he would always want to diversify his body of work as a filmmaker.
“Hindi naman po, sa dami, siguro parang kami gusto lang namin gumawa ng ano ng iba parang to diversify our work. Pero, pagkatapos din noon parang gusto rin naming bumalik at gumawa ng mas-risque.”
However, he pointed out how he enjoyed the freedom Viva gave him as a director.
“Kasi po ang nae-enjoy ko po kasi sa Vivamax ay ‘yung nabibigyan ako ng freedom na gumawa ng mga ibang bagay na hindi mo magagawa sa mainstream movies. So siyempre, add-on na lang rin ‘yung mga sex, pero para gumawa ng mga pelikulang katulad ng Kahalili, it takes a Vivamax to do something like this.”
As for their upcoming film, ‘Kahalili’ stars Stephanie Raz, Mercedes Cabral, Sid Lucero, Millen Gal, and Victor Relosa.
Directed by Bobby Bonifacio Jr, ‘Kahalili’ streams via the Vivamax app starting on August 18.
